There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. ~Edwin Denby Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance. ~Friedrich Nietzsche Never trust spiritual leader who cannot dance. ~Mr. Miyagi, The Next Karate Kid, 1994 We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet. ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. ~Dave Barry Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! ~Constanze The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. ~Agnes de Mille Dancing faces you towards Heaven, whichever direction you turn. ~Sweetpea Tyler Dancers are the messengers of the gods. ~Martha Graham Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. ~Christopher Morley, Kitty Foyle You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown Dancing: the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music. ~George Bernard Shaw Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? ~Friedrich Nietzsche Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made. ~Ted Shawn, Time, 25 July 1955 Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays. ~George Balanchine There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. ~Vicki Baum To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. ~Agnes De Mille Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another. ~Author Unknown Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop. ~W.H. Auden It is of course possible to dance a prayer. ~Glade Byron Addams In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength. ~Martha Graham It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer. ~Shanna LaFleur I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance. ~George Balanchine Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. ~Charles Baudelaire Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order. ~Samuel Beckett Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health - it rusts your spirit and your hips. ~Adabella Radici I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.... In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes in some area an athlete of God. ~Martha Graham, c.1953 Dancing is the poetry of the foot. ~John Dryden Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is not mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. ~Havelock Ellis Dance is the hidden language of the soul. ~Martha Graham Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery. ~Martha Graham Through dancing many maidens have been unmaidened, whereby I may say it is the storehouse and nursery of bastardy. ~John Northbrooke Shake it 'til the moon becomes the sun. ~Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, and Alisha Brooks, "Pon de Replay," performed by Rihanna Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it. ~Martha Graham Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain. ~Martha Graham The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~Mata Hari We ought to dance with rapture that we might be alive... and part of the living, incarnate cosmos. ~D.H. Lawrence Next time you're mad, try dancing out your anger. ~Sweetpea Tyler Dancing is the world's favorite metaphor. ~ Kristy Nilsson And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Light quirks of music, broken and uneven, Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n. ~Alexander Pope, Moral Essays Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance. ~Ezra Pound I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words. ~Ruth St. Denis Talk about dance? Dance is not something to talk about. Dance is to dance. ~Peter Saint James Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. ~Kurt Vonnegut Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking. ~John Wain To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak. ~Hopi Indian Saying They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head. ~Terence Dance is a delicate balance between perfection and beauty. ~Author Unknown Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected. ~Source Unknown Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. ~Author Unknown Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~William James

Funny dancing

Մինչ օրս էլ պարը ինձ համար մի անբացատրելի երեւույթ է: Բայց գիտեմ մի բան. նախ պետք է հոգիդ պարի, հետո` հոգուդ թռիչքը շարժումի վերածվելով, փոխանցվի մարմնիդ: Եթե պարելիս դու մտածում ես ինչպես պարել` վատ պարող ես, իսկ եթե մտածում ես ինչ պարել` ուրեմն կհասնես հաջողության: Պարը, ինձ համար, հոգեւոր տարածք է, հանդիսատեսի եւ աշխարհի հետ զրուցելու միջոց: Ինքնարտահայտման միջոց: Պարելիս, քո երակներում պետք է հոսի ժողովրդիդ պատմությունը, նախնիներիդ գենետիկ հիշողությունը, հպարտությունը` հայ լինելու, հայերեն մտածելու համար:

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Սաթենիկը ներկայանում է որպես Զվարթնոց համույթի պարուհի

Բերդ պարային անսամբլը պատրաստվում է մենահամերգի մայիսի 29-ին, և քանի որ մենք էլ ենք մեզ համարում արդեն պարուհիներ, հարկ ենք համարում զարգացնել մեր ճաշակը ներկա գտնվելով այդ համերգին: Մեր պարուսույց ընկեր Արմինեն անցյալ դասին ասաց, որ կարող ենք ձեռք բերել տոմսեր պրն. Գևորգյանից հաջորդ դասին սկսած 2000 դրամից: Մի քիչ փորձեցինք բարեխոսել, որպեսզի հրավիրատոմսեր վերցնենք, սակայն տեսնելով որ դա մեզ չի հաջողվի, որոշեցինք տոմսեր ձեռք բերել:
Սաթենիկը, ով բացակայում էր այդ օրը, սակայն քաջատեղյակ էր համերգից, զանգահարեց Օպերայի և Բալետի Թատրոն տոմսերի գներին ծանոթանալու համար: Պարզվեց, որ տոմսարկղերում տեղյակ չէին 2000 դրամանոց տոմսերի մասին, այնտեղ տոմսերի արժեքը սկսում է 4000-ից: <<Լավ, ուրեմն զանգահարեմ պրն. Գևորգյանին ու խնդրեմ, որ մեզ համար 2000 դրամանոց տոմսեր պահի>>, մտածեց Սաթենիկն ու զանգահարեց:
Ահա մոտավոր հեռախոսազրույցը Սաթենիկի և պրն. Գևորգյանի միջև:
- Բարև ձեզ, պրն. Գևորգյան:
- Բարև ձեզ:
- Սաթենիկն է խոսում Զվարթնոց Համույթից:
- Հմմմ, Սաթենիկը...Զվարթնոց Համույթից:
- Ես ճիշտն ասած համերգի տոմսերի համար եմ զանգահարել, մեզ համար կարո՞ղ եք 2000 դրամանոց տոմսեր պահել:
- Գիտեք, մենք չունենք 2000 դրամանոց տոմսեր, դա անհնար է, գնացեք և տոմսարկղից գնեք տոմսերը: Ես չեմ կարող ձեզ օգնել:
- Բայց, պրն. Գևորգյան, ընկեր Արմինեն մեզ ասաց, որ տոմսերն արժեն 2000 դրամ:
- Ինչ ընկեր Արմինե, - մտածում է պրն. Գևորգյանը:
- Պրն. Գևորգյան, ես Սաթենիկն եմ, մեր պարը սկսում է ժամը 8-ին...
Պրն. Գևորգյանը շփոթված նորից է ժխտում ու փորձում է քաղաքավարի կերպով ավարտել հեռախոսազրույցը: Սակայն Սաթենիկի համառ պնդմամբ նա մի պահ մտածում է...Զվարթնոց համույթ, ընկեր Արմինե, պարում են ժամը 8-ին...
- Օհ, ասացիք ինչպե՞ս է ձեր անունը:
- Սաթենիկ, Զվարթնոց Համույթից:
- Վայ, Սաթենիկ ջան, այո, իհարկե, ես էլ մտածեցի մյուս Զվարթնոց Համույթից են զանգահարում ու տոմս խնդրում: Իհարկե, ձեզ համար կպահեմ տոմսեր:
Պարզվեց, որ իրականում գոյություն ունի Զվարթնոց պարային համույթ, այն էլ Միացյալ Նահանգներում, ու պրն. Գևորգյանի ուշքն ու միտքը ավելի հեռուն էր սավառնել, քան մենք կարող էինք պատկերացնել:
Այսպես էլ է լինում...

Zvartnots Hamuyt Members!!!

The idea of creating "One spirit in one body" via the Armenian dances came from one of the group members, Satenik but when the news spread up around, many of us became very much interested in it, and I started to convince Mr. Gevorgyan,"Gevorgyan Paratun" Director with my everyday calls to form a group from 8 pm. Finally, I received a call from him and we went ahead to walk over the art bridge of our Armenian folklore dance.

Small description of the group member
Zvartnots Hamuyt consists of 9 members, 8 out of which are employed at Zvartnots International Airport. All of us are considered Administrative employees and our job starts at 10 am and ends at 7 pm, thus it is convenient for us to go directly to dance after work.

Armine Mikaelyan - The most administratively important person in the Company. She is in charge of assisting the Company's General Manager in almost everything. Besides, she is a unique personality, likes to travel and find new adventures, especially in Delhi streets at nights. Her voice is low and I wonder how she is heard during the grand meetings:) Armine likes to practice the dance steps even during the work. She also likes pizza with mushroom, ham, cheese and even suggests to prepare pizza mass at her workplace kitchen. We should try it!

Liana Badalyan - The most financially essential role in our Company's life. Liana is the only charming representative of the Accounting Department whose voice on phone is so pleasant that I am not afraid to use another word to describe it...it is sexy:) Liana likes to be among her friends during the lunch time, and she is constantly organizing meetings, such as walking to UTO, sitting in a pavilion located in the Administrative zone, etc. Liana also likes to travel, and her recent trip was to Dubai where she had the chance to cit on a camel and be in Safari. Liana dances very well since she had attended to dance classes in her early ages.

Naira Grigoryan - The most cheerful joker in the Company. Nairita is a very special flavor not only for the Company, but also for the Systems Department where she works as a Translator/Administrative Assistant. Almost everyone in the Company knows about the elevated Armenian language skills of this wonderful girl. She always speaks in fluent Armenian, applies very beautiful words in her speech sometimes mixing some very interesting colloquial words. You may see her saying words such as "achaparel, khrokht, vehandzn" together with a tasty ''Armenian'' word "piskel or khuzhan":) She is really a lovely person, unfortunately doesn't like mushroom:) Naira's dances are always accompanied with her hands movements which are the result of her own creativity.

Anaida Gazarova - The most legislative personality of the Company. Anaida is a multi-talented person, but her professional work in our Company is in the frames of her specialization of Lawyer. Don't be afraid of this fact, because she is a very joyful and energetic person and is always ready to change your negative mood into positive. Anaida is famous in the Company also by her dances in the bus. She never loses the chance to cheer up us after 7 pm, and I should confess she succeeds. Anaida is also a perfect cook. I have tried the chicken with mushroom she has cooked, and wow, it is so delicious. Anaida is fluent in Armenian, Russian, English, Hebrew, also speaks a little Spanish, Arabic...maybe some more languages? This is what I know yet. Oh, yeah she is a professor at the Slavonic University and doesn't like that fact when her students call her with her surname or name and father name.

Astghik Galyan - The most commercially important person in the Company. Astghik works for the development of trade within the airport, but before that she has contributed to the construction of the New Terminal which now serves as Departure and Arrival Halls. Astghik is a sunny person always with a beautiful smile on her face. With her admiring smile she has attracted the men in Safari. She looks great when she holds nargile on her fingers. Astghik likes to bear nice ornaments on her, especially earrings and necklaces. Astghik always smiles during our dance classes, moreover, she laughs at our mistakes and later on urges us not to feel upset when she can't keep her feelings. Don't worry, Astghik jan, we all are laughing at each other's ''nice'' steps.


Satenik Mkrtchyan - The most securely important person of the Company. Satenik is the right hand of the Security Department, and she knows almost everybody's steps in the Company. She can follow us by several screens, can zoom in to see your clothes and shoes from screen, in brief she is following us, so be cautious:) More seriously, Satenik is a very modest and kind girl, she is also a great traveler not only abroad, but also throughout Armenia. She knows almost every stone in many regions of the country. Very recently, I discovered one more privilege in the list of Satenik's advantages, and that's what anyone of us has once dreamed about. She worked as a flight attendant and has been in many countries for many times. Satenik dances quite well, and certainly will be one of the first to stand in the dance line because of her nice and tall height.

Meline Poghosyan - The most airport handling person in the Company. Meline is the Translator of the Airport Administrator, and almost no morning meeting starts without her. She is solving important questions concerning the aircrafts and flights, etc. Meline is as precious as her name, and she always appears in the place on time. One cannot hear from her for the whole day, and suddenly appears an email from her saying such definite words that have no limits for generating laughter. Meline dances good enough but she always complains of her steps. That shows her willingness to have progress in her job.

Anna Hovhannisyan - What refers to me, I can't say much, but what I am really interested in is to discover more about people surrounding me, to find more privileges they possess, and become delighted that such people exist on the earth. I am happy that a group of 8 Armenian girls attend those Armenian dances, and do their best to achieve perfect results. I am glad to have met such people and I am sure lots of things are to be discovered yet.

Learning the classic dance elements

Port de bras [pawr duh brah]

Carriage of the arms. The term port de bras has two meanings: (1) A movement or series of movements made by passing the arm or arms through various positions. The passage of the arms from one position to another constitutes a port de bras. (2) A term for a group of exercises designed to make the arms move gracefully and harmoniously. In the Cecchetti method there are eight set exercises on port de bras. In the execution of port de bras the arms should move from the shoulder and not from the elbow and the movement should be smooth and flowing. The arms should be softly rounded so that the points of the elbows are imperceptible and the hands must be simple, graceful and never flowery. The body and head should come into play and a suggestion of épaulement should be used. In raising the arms from one position to another the arms must pass through a position known in dancing as the gateway. This position corresponds to the fifth position en avant, Cecchetti method, or the first position, French and Russian Schools. In passing from a high position to a low one, the arms are generally lowered in a line with the sides. Exercises on port de bras can be varied to infinity by combining their basic elements according to the taste of the professor and the needs of the pupil.

Releve

In ballet, a rising with a spring movement to point or demi-point

Plie

A bending of the knees in any of the five positions. Demi plie: a half bending of the knees, with heels on the floor. Grand plie: a full bending of the knees.